How short is too short of an engagement?

I'd concider that a normal to long engagement. I was engaged on 1/1/10 and married on 5/23/10

When i read the title i thought you were going to say you would have a month long engagement. 1.5 yrs is perfect, me and my hubby had a 15 month engagement after 3 yrs of dating.

Congrats, first of all, second, whatever works for yout two, because it's about you two. My situation is similar to Future R*S*K, we were dating for 6 months before engagement and our wedding is planned almost a year to the date. Nothing wrong with it at all.

Thats short? uhh...those people need their head checked.

mine was 6 months and it was the perfect length for us...

Anybody who ever married Charlie Sheen was not engaged to him long enough!

Stephanie, you guys clearly have built a life together, so that is definitely not a short engagement in my book. I think it's great that you guys are tying the knot! My hubby and I were together for 3 years when he popped the question. We got married 3 months after that!!! We did what was best for us!

Good luck!!

5 1/2 month long engagement. I was asked why I was rushing... Who says I'm rushing? If you can do it, why not?

Thanks for the responses ladies. It's nice to get some outside perspective. Maybe they are just shocked because it took us so long to get engaged. Some of his family is a little odd anyways so I guess it shouldn't surprise me. One of the ladies that said it didn't even have an engagement. They just decided to go to the court house one weekend....

My FH and I have known each other for over 10 years. We lost track of each other for several years during that time. We then reconnected about 2 years ago. We did not actually start truly dating until a year ago. However we both agree that we are simply supposed to be together. Sometimes it's just right.

We dated for 4.5 years and our engagement will be a little over 9 months. We knew we were going to get married at some point...why wait it out longer? Your time period sounds fine. And don't be surprised when they start hasseling you about when you get your dress. I got mine a month after the engagement (8 months to wedding) and everyone except FH, my parents and bridal party thought it was too soon. Everyone has an opinion; just go with what you're comfortable with.

The national average is 15 months, so I think you're just fine!

My first marriage I was engaged for 4 months....we all see how THAT worked out. (though I did know him for 5 years) ANYWHO, our engagement will be 1 1/2 years long once we get married. I've been getting grief about it being so far away!! lol

To me anything over a year is a long engagement, but thats just in my opinion.

I think a short engagement is 6 months and under. Again its just my thoughts and opinion on it.

Everybody is different and so is every situation. Our engagement will be about a year. But honestly the only reason for that is his work. Not able to take off during the summer. In my oppinion I don't really understand long engagements with the exception of waiting till your done with school or something along those lines.

But like I said its all about you and your FH and what you guys feel is best for you guys. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks

My parents met for the first time EVER and were married six weeks later! that was in 1979! They are still together and happy!

No, it is not. And if they don't like it, they don't have to attend : )

Maybe they don't think you will have enough time to have a nice wedding...? Or like someone else said, maybe they were being sarcastic. I can't imagine them thinking it was too soon for you to commit to each other when you have been together that long and already have children together.

We had a 4 month long engagement )) Got engaged in April and married in August of last week. So your engagement is definitely NOT short

Wow, I think you may not be too far off with your assessment of them. I think your engagement is average although most people I know have an engagement period less than a year. When I get married this summer, me and FH would have been together over 8 years and engaged for almost 2 of those years and everybody thought our engagement was too long. People from my work even looked at me and said I can take off the ring for a while because it's not like it's happening any time soon and someone else asked me what I was getting excited over because it was 2 years away.

There is no 'acceptable' time length for an engagement except what makes sense to you and yours. Enjoy every minute of the engagement period.

Be engaged as long as you like. We generally start the booking process for destination weddings a year or more in advance, and we often start planning honeymoons anywhere from 9-12 months before the wedding date.

Engagements were probably much shorter in the past because brides relied on their parents to pay for the wedding. But nowadays, most couples are paying for it themselves.